Political Science

Overview

The Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science has long been one of the world's finest. We pride ourselves on our deep commitment to intellectual excellence, and to supporting inquiry and teaching that combines rigor, relevance, and openness to a variety of methodological and analytical approaches. The size of our faculty, currently 52, allows us to do justice to the study of a vast range of important issues in political life. We offer an unusual combination of depth and breadth in the major subject areas of political science. We cover not only the traditional subfields of American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory, but also areas such as formal theory, methods, organizations and public policy, political behavior, and public law, as well as the politics of every major region on the globe. Reflecting the department's broad understanding of our subject matter and enduring commitment to interdisciplinary inquiry, many members have joint appointments in other schools (including Business, Information, Law, and Public Policy) and departments (including Economics and Sociology), as well as strong connections to a variety of research centers around campus.

Each year, the department serves approximately 900 declared and intended undergraduate majors, and graduates approximately 400 students with a BA degree. Outstanding undergraduate education is central to our mission. To reflect our commitment to undergraduates, we have made several major innovations in recent years, including a new set of requirements for graduation, a substantially enhanced Honors program, and a new seminar program to increase opportunities for undergraduates to work with faculty in small groups.

The department has an outstanding doctoral program, designed to prepare students for careers in university teaching and to conduct advanced research. Approximately 25 students enter our program each year and roughly 150 are enrolled at any given time. Our graduate students take courses that offer state-of-the-art training in the conduct of research, combined with a very wide-ranging curriculum addressing fundamental issues in politics. We also seek to integrate them rapidly into an intellectual community that prizes scholarly development through the exchange of ideas and the sharing of work in progress. After completing their work here, many will go on to take jobs at the country's leading colleges and universities.

Undergraduate Program

Graduate Program

Courses

Political Science

POL SCI 1Introduction to American Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
An introductory analysis of the structure and operations of the American political system, primarily at the national level.Introduction to American Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI N1ACIntroduction to American Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
Politics is the art and noise of collective governance under conditions of scarce resources, conflicting interests, diverse beliefs, uncertain outcomes, and unequal power. In 1AC, we learn about the institutions, ideologies, and processes that constitute politics in the U.S. In fulfilling the AC requirement, we further examine how power, equality, and diversity are configured and contested in our politics. The course emphasizes active research- and group-based learning.Introduction to American Politics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: POL SCI N1AC will still fulfill all the requirements that PS1 fulfills (e.g., major, American Institutions) but now also fulfills the "American Cultures" campus requirement. <BR/><BR/>Students who wish to repeat PS1 and replace their grade must specifically retake PS1, not PS N1AC. PS N1AC will not replace the grade for PS1.

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures and American Institutions requirements.

POL SCI 2Introduction to Comparative Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
This course aims to furnish students with the tools needed to study politics and society in comparative perspective. The first part of the course introduces concepts and methods of comparative analysis and examines core assumptions about human nature that underpin social scientists’thinking. The second part investigates the variety of political regimes under which people live around the world. Third, we will consider the factors that influence which type of political regime prevails in particular national settings. The fourth section focuses on economic development. Attendance at lecture and discussion section required.Introduction to Comparative Politics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Political Science 2 after taking Political Science N2. A deficient grade in Political Science N2 may be removed by taking Political Science<BR/>2.

POL SCI N2Introduction to Comparative Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session
This course aims to furnish students with the tools necessary to study political processes and outcomes in comparative perspective. It is divided into three parts. The first introduces the basic concepts and methods of comparative analysis and examines our principal unit of analysis: the state. The second surveys the range of political regimes under which people live around the world. The third examines three key variables that both influence political outcomes and are influenced by political processes: institutions, identity, and agency. Throughout the course we will use a wide variety of country examples, but will not focus exclusively on any particular set of countries.Introduction to Comparative Politics: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Political Science 3 after completing Political Science N3. A deficient grade in Political Science N3 may be removed by taking Political Science<BR/>3. <BR/>

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Political Science N3 after completing Political Science 3. A deficient grade in Political Science 3 may be removed by taking Political Science N3.

POL SCI 5Introduction to International Relations4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This course is designed to introduce students to the major theoretical approaches to international politics, to explore important historical and contemporary questions and debates in international affairs, and to teach students to think critically about international relations. It is a prerequisite for most upper division international relations courses in Political Science.Introduction to International Relations: Read More [+]

POL SCI 18ACRace, Culture, and Politics in the Golden State4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2001 10 Week Session, Summer 2000 10 Week Session, Summer 1999 10 Week Session
This course will study the historical processes of racial formation and transformation in California. Students will develop an understanding of the dynamic nature of racial and ethnic cultures and identities, and use these tools to better understand their own cultural position. Two periods are studied: 1848-1882 and 1964-1988. The course will consider the experiences of Asian Americans, Chicano/Latinos, African Americans, European Americans, and Native Americans.Race, Culture, and Politics in the Golden State: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

POL SCI 39BFreshman/Sophomore Seminar2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2006
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Political Science/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

POL SCI C79Societal Risks and the Law3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013
Defining, perceiving, quantifying and measuring risk; identifying risks and estimating their importance; determining whether laws and regulations can protect us from these risks; examining how well existing laws work and how they could be improved; evaluting costs and benefits. Applications may vary by term. This course cannot be used to complete engineering unit or technical elective requirements for students in the College of Engineering.Societal Risks and the Law: Read More [+]

POL SCI 102The American Presidency4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
Analysis of principal institutions, functions, and problems of the Presidency and the federal executive branch. Special attention will be given to topics of presidential leadership, staffing, executive-legislative relations, and policy formation. Comparative reference to executive processes in other political systems.The American Presidency: Read More [+]

POL SCI 103WThe Congress4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2006, Spring 2006
This course will explore the Congress--the first branch under the Consititution--and its role in our political system. It will leverage our environment in Washington by featuring frequent guest speakers and seeking connections to current policy and political debate. In addition to surveying the pathways of lawmaking, we will ask how Congress and its members relate to the other branches of government, to the press, and to the public.The Congress: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Admittance to UC Berkeley-Washington Program. For details see http://ucdc.berkeley.edu

POL SCI 104Political Parties4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
The institutional environment within which American politics takes place. Concept and history of parties in the American context: their nature and function, origin and development. Party organization and structure. State, national, and local party systems and their variations. Nominations and elections.Political Parties: Read More [+]

POL SCI 105The Politician4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
The nature of politics, the education of politicians, the structure of ambition, and the ethical values of social behavior in the political world. Sessions with elected officials and party workers on their vocation.The Politician: Read More [+]

POL SCI 106AAmerican Politics: Campaign Strategy - Media4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
An inside look at how political campaigns operate from the viewpoint of the media, taught by the people who run them. Class material will be directed towards students who are interested in direct involvement in campaign politics or who are looking for a greater understanding of the political process. Students will be required to develop a complete written campaign strategy document in order to fulfill class requirements. Students will be expected to follow political and campaign news via the media and be prepared to discuss those developments in class.American Politics: Campaign Strategy - Media: Read More [+]

POL SCI 110BCal-in-Sacramento2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
The purpose of this course is to provide Cal-in-Sacramento interns and other interested UC Berkeley students with a rudimentary understanding of our state government. We will focus on the state legislature and executive branch, exploring both the policy-making process and the politics in Sacramento, which we will learn are quite closely related to one another.Cal-in-Sacramento: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Limited to summer Cal-in-Sacramento interns

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit under special circumstances: Course may be repeated for credit with consent of department.Course may be repeated for credit with consent of department.

POL SCI 111ACThe Politics of Displacement4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
In this class, the revolution against traditional political authority embodied in Jefferson's and Thomas Paine's attack on the British crown, the rise of slavery, and the conflict with Native America are seen as coherent parts of a cultural and social development that emerges in 18th- and 19th-century America. Using both original antebellum materials, including biographies, history, and literature, and contemporary images from American popular culture such as film, news and magazine articles, and music, we will compare and contrast the experiences of antebellum Native Americans, Euopean immigrants, and African slaves as a connection between the past and the present emerges.The Politics of Displacement: Read More [+]

POL SCI 112AHistory of Political Theory4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Major theories from the ancient Greeks to the modern period. Ancient and medieval political thought, including Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine.History of Political Theory: Read More [+]

POL SCI 112DHistory of European Political Theory: The 20th Century4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2008
This is a survey course that will examine developments in 20th-century European Political Theory. It will focus on theorists' contributions and reactions to various major political and intellectual shifts, including Marxism (as "Western Marxism" and Critical Theory, as well as institutionalized Soviet communism in its heyday); psychoanalysis; and fascism.History of European Political Theory: The 20th Century: Read More [+]

POL SCI N112AHistory of Political Theory4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session
Major theories from the ancient Greeks to the modern period. Ancient and medieval political thought, including Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine.History of Political Theory: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Political Science N112A after taking Political Science 112A. Students will receive no credit for Political Science N112A after<BR/>completing Political Science 112A. A deficient grade in Political Science 112A may be removed by taking Political Science N112A.

POL SCI 114ATheories of Governance: Late 20th Century4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
What is governance? How should we explain its emergence? What are its implications for public policy and democracy? This course uses debates about contemporary governance to examine four approaches to political science and political theory. The approaches are rational choice theory, institutionalism, Marxism, and poststructuralism. The course looks at the narrative that each approach provides of the origins and workings of governance since 1979, and at the way these narratives embody theoretical commitments about rationality and power, structure and agency, and democracy. It thus promotes an awareness of the way questions about contemporary governance are inextricably linked to philosophical and normative commitments.Theories of Governance: Late 20th Century: Read More [+]

POL SCI 118ACThree American Cultures4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Summer 2007 10 Week Session, Summer 2006 10 Week Session
The course will examine three American cultural forms. The focus of the course is to be comparative; readings will center around first-person accounts, written by members of the ethnic groups most immediately involved in each of the cultural forms. The theme is that of identity, seen politically as well as culturally: examining how the various ethnic groups involved came to forge a collective identity for themselves. The three groups studied will vary by instructor. See departmental listings for more specific information.Three American Cultures: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

POL SCI 122APolitics of European Integration4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
The European Union is the world's most advanced experiment in governance beyond the level of the traditional nation-state. Through the European Union, the main members countries have pooled their national sovereignty and created new ways political authority, economic competition, social cohesion, and cultural identity. While specialists in comparative politics focus on the separate countries, scholars in international relations emphasize the construction of supranational institutions and transnational identities. This course seeks to synthesize the comparative and international approaches by examining the economic, political, and cultural aspects of integration.Politics of European Integration: Read More [+]

POL SCI 123MConflict Management4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013
The goal of this class is to familiarize students with the various ways in which actors can manage and resolve their conflicts. Conflict management in both international and civil conflicts will be discussed. Students will learn about negotiation, mediation, arbitration and adjudication, sanctions, military intervention, peacekeeping, nation-building, and the design of peace agreements. We will also talk about the role of the United Nations, regional organizations, and major powers like the U.S. in conflict management. While the main goal of the class is to familiarize students with central concepts and theories of conflict management, we will also take a look at cases that illustrate when, how and why different strategies work.Conflict Management: Read More [+]

POL SCI 124AWar!4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Is this necessarily true? Wars are brutal and horrific events, but are they all necessarily the result of miscalculation, accident, or fanaticism? Can war serve a rational purpose? Are wars governed by rules and do states care about these rules? This course is designed for upper-level undergraduate students.War!: Read More [+]

POL SCI 124CEthics and Justice in International Affairs4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Should nations intervene in other countries to prevent human rights abuses or famine? On what principles should immigration be based? Should wealthy states aid poorer states, and if so, how much? Who should pay for global environmental damage? Answers to these moral questions depend to a great degree on who we believe we have an obligation to: Ourselves? Nationals of our country? Residents of our country? Everyone in the world equally? We will examine different traditions of moral thought including skeptics, communitarians, cosmopolitans, and use these traditions as tools to make reasoned judgments about difficult moral problems in world politics.Ethics and Justice in International Affairs: Read More [+]

POL SCI 124MThe Scientific Study of International Conflict4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
The goal of this upper-level seminar is to familiarize students with the scientific approach to studying international conflict, provide them with a deep understanding of the basic factors that exacerbate or mitigate international conflict, and sharpen students' analytical and research skills.The Scientific Study of International Conflict: Read More [+]

POL SCI 125Civil Conflict and International Intervention4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 1995, Fall 1979
This course is designed to help you: (1) understand the existing theory and evidence about (a) the causes, strategies, and outcomes of civil conflict, and (b) the ways in which international actors intervene, (2) broaden your theoretical and empirical framework in international relations more generally, (3) think critically about the existing work in the field, and (4) begin to consider engaging in research on civil conflict and international intervention.

POL SCI 126AInternational Political Economy4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Economic concepts in the study of international political behavior. Political concepts influencing the choice of economic policies.International Political Economy: Read More [+]

POL SCI 128Chinese Foreign Policy4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
This course covers the history and analysis of Chinese foreign policy since the inception of the People's Republic of China 1949. Some attention is devoted to pre-1949 Far Eastern international relations, but only as a background to the study of the contemporary period. Emphasis is placed on Sino-American and Sino-Soviet relations, on the domestic determinants of Chinese foreign policy, on the changing nature of China's relations with her Asian neighbors, and on important substantive issues.Chinese Foreign Policy: Read More [+]

POL SCI 128AChinese Foreign Policy4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 1996
Chinese foreign policy from the inception of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present. This course aims at providing the student with a sufficient factual base, alternative theoretical approaches and some of the methodological tools useful in studying Chinese foreign policy.Chinese Foreign Policy: Read More [+]

POL SCI C131AApplied Econometrics and Public Policy4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
This course focuses on the sensible application of econometric methods to empirical problems in economics and public policy analysis. It provides background on issues that arise when analyzing non-experimental social science data and a guide for tools that are useful for empirical research. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the types of research designs that can lead to convincing analysis and be comfortable working with large scale data sets.Applied Econometrics and Public Policy: Read More [+]

POL SCI C135Game Theory in the Social Sciences4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
A non-technical introduction to game theory. Basic principle, and models of interaction among players, with a strong emphasis on applications to political science, economics, and other social sciences.Game Theory in the Social Sciences: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students receive no credit for PS C135/PEIS C135/ECON C110 after taking ECON 104. If PS C135/ECON C110/PS W135/ECON N110 is taken and with a passing grade, students can't take the other versions of the course for additional credit.If PS C135/ECON C110/PS W135/ECON N110 is taken and not passed, students can take the other versions to replace grade.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit under special circumstances: PS C135/ECON C110,PS W135 and ECON N110 are similar in content. See Restriction Description.PS C135/ECON C110,PS W135 and ECON N110 are similar in content. See Restriction Description.

POL SCI W135Game Theory in the Social Sciences4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 8 Week Session, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session
This course provides an introduction to game theory and its application in social science, especially political science and economics. The purposes of the course are to give students a sense of the field of game theory and how political scientists use it in making arguments about how government and politics work, to develop students' intuition about strategic situations in everyday life, and to develop students' analytical capabilities generally. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to depict social situations as simple game theoretic models, analyze those models to understand how the behaviors of the individuals involved are mutually reinforcing, and apply computer-based tools to evaluate under conditions of uncertainty.Game Theory in the Social Sciences: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Political Science W135 after completing Political Science C135/Economics C110 or Economics N110. A deficient grade in Political Science C135/Economics C110 or Economics N110 may be removed by taking Political Science W135.

POL SCI 138EThe Varieties of Capitalism: Political Economic Systems of the World4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
This course examines the interaction between politics and markets, both in theory and in practice, explicitly linking classic works on political economy with current policy debates. We study how political systems and markets are organized in a wide range of different national settings, looking at both history and contemporary issues. Topics include: 1) early industrialization in Britain and the United States, 2) late industrialization in continental Europe and Japan, 3) the varieties of capitalism in contemporary industrialized countries, 4) the newly industrializing economics of Latin America and East Asia, 5) the problems of development, and 6) the transition from communism to a market economy in Eastern Europe and China.The Varieties of Capitalism: Political Economic Systems of the World: Read More [+]

POL SCI 138GNational Success and Failure in the Age of a Global Economy: from Pleats to Cleats4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
In the present era political, economic, and social organization powerfully influence national capacity to assure economic success, real and rising incomes for the population, and political success, basic survival, and the projection of its purposes and values. This course looks at the continual process of international competition and transformation, and examines which factors separate the winners from the losers. We will gain leverage into these questions by examining critical moments in the 20th and 21st centuries and analyze according to national responses. What choices signal success? Can the failures be avoided? The course will discuss whether globalization is shunting aside national political choice, or whether globalization is in fact a sequence of national and regional stories played out on a larger stage. We will consider how economic constraint structures political choice and national response to the global economy. But we will also examine how political developments shape market dynamics and national innovations. We will learn about all sorts of things from the politics of French fashion to why Japanese make good cars.National Success and Failure in the Age of a Global Economy: from Pleats to Cleats: Read More [+]

POL SCI 139BDevelopment Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 Second 6 Week Session
Politics of economic development in developing countries. Comparative analysis of the theories and practice of development in the light of contemporary experience. Political strategies of agrarian, industrial, educational, and regional development and their impact on autonomy, welfare, justice, and human development.Development Politics: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
Over half of the world's population is now urban. As urban populations swell, metropolitan areas in both the developed and the developing world struggle to provide basic services and address the negative externalities associated with rapid growth. Sanitation, transportation, pollution, energy services, and public safety typically fall to sub-national governments. Yet local sub-national institutions face difficulties as they tackle these challenges because development tends to spill over political boundaries and resources are limited. Such difficulties are particularly acute in the developing world due to tighter resource constraints, weak institutions, and the comparative severity of the underlying problems. Moreover, democratization and decentralization suggest that urban governance and service delivery may have become more democratic, but present challenges with respect to priority setting, coordination, and corruption.Urban and Sub-national Politics in Developing Countries: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2013
Over half of the world's population is now urban. As urban populations swell, metropolitan areas in both the developed and the developing world struggle to provide basic services and address the negative externalities associated with rapid growth. Sanitation, transportation, pollution, energy services, and public safety typically fall to sub-national governments. Yet local sub-national institutions face difficulties as they tackle these challenges because development tends to spill over political boundaries and resources are limited. Such difficulties are particularly acute in the developing world due to tighter resource constraints, weak institutions, and the comparative severity of the underlying problems. Moreover, democratization and decentralization suggest that urban governance and service delivery may have become more democratic, but present challenges with respect to priority setting, coordination, and corruption.Urban and Sub-national Politics in Developing Countries: Read More [+]

POL SCI 141ARussia after Communism4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
This course presents a broad introduction to contemporary politics and society in Russia. The social movements and political transformations of the Gorbachev period will be explored. Most of the course is devoted to the post-communist period and current problems of political change and upheaval. Topics to be investigated include the movement from a command economy to capitalism, struggles among emerging social interests, the changing role of the military in society, crime and social disintegration, the rise of nationalism and the search for national identity, civil war, and the transformation of political institutions. The course is recommended for juniors and seniors but is open to all students.Russia after Communism: Read More [+]

POL SCI 141CPolitics and Government in Eastern Europe4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2017, Summer 2015 Second 6 Week Session
Modern politics and government in the states of Eastern Europe presented within a broader cultural, historical, and sociological framework. Problems of economic underdevelopment and national fragmentation. Comparisons of the pre-Communist, Communist, and post-Communist periods.Politics and Government in Eastern Europe: Read More [+]

POL SCI 142AMiddle East Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
The Middle East in world affairs, international relations and domestic policies of contemporary states in the Middle East; policies and strategy of major powers; supranational movements, regional political and security organizations. The area comprises Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, and the Arab countries.Middle East Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 143ANortheast Asian Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
The structure and evolution of political institutions in China, and China's relations with neighboring states such as North Korea and South Korea. Emphasis upon such topics as nationalism, political modernization, and ideology.Northeast Asian Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 143BJapanese Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
The structure and evolution of political institutions in Japan. Emphasis upon such topics as political parties, the bureaucracy, social change, and contemporary policy issues.Japanese Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 143CChinese Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
An overview of Chinese politics since the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Emphasis on the People's Republic of China and post-Mao reforms.Chinese Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 143EThe Political Economy of China4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2016
China's extraordinary growth has in some respects confirmed the power of free markets, but at the same time, it has challenged social scientists to think more deeply about the foundations and limits of the market economy. Furthermore, China's ever-increasing economic freedom and prosperity has been accompanied by only limited steps toward greater political freedom, running counter to one of the most consistent patterns of comparative politics and history. This class will cross conventional boundaries between political and economic analysis in order to address these issues.The Political Economy of China: Read More [+]

POL SCI 143TChinese Politics and Society4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2002 10 Week Session
This course offers the opportunity to learn about contemporary Chinese politics and society while visiting both famous and ordinary places to see and hear first hand how the Chinese people have experienced over five decades of dramatic change. The course has two components. The first week will be spent on the Berkeley campus and will involve an intensive introduction to the major strands of scholarly work on Chinese politics since the Communist revolution. During this time, students will also have a chance to become familiar with the basic outlines of recent Chinese history. The remaining 3 weeks of the course will be held in the Peoples Republic of China with an emphasis on experiential learning. Lecture and discussions will be on-going during and following field work and tours. In addition to lecture and discussions, two essays will be required.Chinese Politics and Society: Read More [+]

POL SCI 144American Foreign Policy Toward Asia4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
This course is designed primarily for students interested in exploring in depth the relationship between U.S. foreign policy and developments in East Asia. This course will explore the historical and contemporary foreign policies of the United States toward Asia with an eye toward analyzing the ways in which Asia has been shaped by American, and in turn American policies have been shaped by events in Asia.American Foreign Policy Toward Asia: Read More [+]

POL SCI 144BPolitics of Divided Korea4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
An overview of modern Korea divided into the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The course will compare the two Koreas in terms of political, social and economic institutions, culture, political elites and modernization strategy.Politics of Divided Korea: Read More [+]

POL SCI 145ASouth Asian Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
A comparative analysis of development and change in the political systems of contemporary South Asia.South Asian Politics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Political Science 145A and Political Science W145A are similar in content. Students will receive no credit for Political Science 145A after completing Political Science W145A. A deficient grade in Political Science W145A may be removed by taking Political Science 145A.

POL SCI W145AUnderstanding Political Developments in India4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 8 Week Session, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session
This class focuses mostly on the "domestic" politics of India. In addition to providing an overview of political developments in India since independence, this online course assesses the nature of democratic participation and representation in contemporary India - the world's largest democracy.Understanding Political Developments in India: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Political Science W145A and Political Science 145A are similar in content. Students will receive no credit for Political Science W145A after completing Political Science 145. A deficient grade in Political Science 145 may be removed by taking Political Science W145A.

POL SCI 146DEnvironment, Culture, and Peacebuilding6 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2010 10 Week Session
The course begins at the global level and moves to the local level in examining the nexus of politics, environment, and culture where conflicts ensue. These conflicts can lead to violence and hardship. They can also result in creative adaptations and solutions based in political and administrative institutions and processes that build peace. The first three weeks of the course examine global trends and institutions; the last three weeks examine the specific dynamics involving land and resource conflict in Kenya. Throughout the course, students will be introduced to social science and environmental science perspectives. Students will be exposed to the analytical tools of political economy, history, and political ecology. The class will consist of students from the University of California, Berkeley and Kenyatta University. It will be led by faculty from both institutions.Environment, Culture, and Peacebuilding: Read More [+]

POL SCI N146CConflict and Change in Southern Africa4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2000 10 Week Session, Summer 1999 10 Week Session, Summer 1998 10 Week Session
Combining classroom lectures and discussion with visits to interesting and relevant places in the Cape Town area, this course will be concerned with the dynamics of political change in South Africa. We will sketch the historical evolution of the system of minority racial rule that characterized South Africa until 1994; analyze the process of political upheaval and the transformation that culminated in the transitional election of 1994; examine the process of negotiations and constitution making that began in 1990, and its implications for the nature of politics and governance in a new government to overcome the legacies of South Africa's past.Conflict and Change in Southern Africa: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013
French political life has long gravitated around a "Republican model" marked by an unmediated relationship between the citizen and the state, socialization into French values through secular public education, a special vocation for France on the international stage, and an activist state. Recent developments have called the Republican model into question. This course will examine the transformation of France's Republican model - its origins, operations, and responses to contemporary challenges.Contemporary French Politics: The Republican Model in Transition: Read More [+]

POL SCI 147GThe Welfare State in Comparative Perspective4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2012
Comparision of welfare states in Western Europe and North America. Origins of welfare states. Varieties of welfare states. Relationship between welfare states and the economy. Impact of changing social, economic, and family structure states. Contemporary welfare reform.The Welfare State in Comparative Perspective: Read More [+]

POL SCI 147TGerman History and Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course provides an introduction to German history, from ancient times to the post-reunification period. Special emphasis will be placed on the history of the city of Berlin. Except for a few preparatory activities in Berkeley, the course will be conducted in Berlin, offering lectures as well as hands-on visits to important places of German history. This is a four-week travel-study course.German History and Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 148ALatin American Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
Political institutions, groups and parties in Latin American countries. Basic characteristics of political processes in Latin America; problems of political development and modernization and political change. Comparative study of political systems, institutions, groups and political culture.Latin American Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 150The American Legal System4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2015
The nature of the American legal system; the interrelationships of judges, lawyers, police, political officials, bureaucrats, press, and general public; the political and social aspects of the legal process.The American Legal System: Read More [+]

POL SCI 152ASelected Topics in Public Law4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006
In contemporary democracies, law, courts, and other legal institutions (law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, administrative tribunals, the legal profession) play an ever-increasing role in the government of society. This course will examine the political science, legal and sociolegal literature on topics related to the design, staffing, and operation of legal institutions, the formulation of law, and the struggle for political power. See department web site for specific offerings.Selected Topics in Public Law: Read More [+]

POL SCI 157AConstitutional Law of the United States4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015
Fundamental principles of constitutional law, leading cases, causes, and consequences of legal decisions and their role in influencing, shaping, and constraining the American political system. Judicial Review and the Limits to National Power.Constitutional Law of the United States: Read More [+]

POL SCI 157BConstitutional Law of the United States4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
Fundamental principles of constitutional law, leading cases, causes, and consequences of legal decisions and their role in influencing, shaping, and constraining the American political system. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.Constitutional Law of the United States: Read More [+]

POL SCI N164APsychology of Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session
This course explores the sources of political beliefs and actions through the application of psychological theories about personality, learning, cognition, and group dynamics. The course begins by briefly considering a number of alternative analytic approaches to linking human nature and politics and then considers such problems as political ideology, persuasion, compliance, protest, violence, and leadership in terms of these approaches. The course considers both mass and elite political behavior. The readings include both quantitative materials drawn from survey research and experiments and more impressionistic and clinical studies.Psychology of Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 166Latinos and the U.S. Political System4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2013
This course provides a critical analysis of the political circumstances, political behavior, and the activities and consequences of Latinos (or Hispanics) within the governmental and political system of the United States. Latinos became the nation's largest minority group in 2005 and are also the largest minority group in U.S. elementary/secondary schools. For these and other reasons the situation of Latinos has broad social and political significance.Latinos and the U.S. Political System: Read More [+]

POL SCI 167ACRacial and Ethnic Politics in the New American Century4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2010
Some of the most enduring and violent conflicts in America center on race. The goal of this course is to explore, discuss, and better understand the relationship between perceptions of racial identity, attributions of racial difference, and politics, broadly defined. We focus on the recent and persistent debates about racism, identity, rights, representation, citizenship, conflict, and coalitions. A repeated theme of this course is the question whether racial order and inequality are essential to, or an exception from, the liberal democracy in the U.S. This is a lecture course with intensive readings, written assignments, and in-class discussion.Racial and Ethnic Politics in the New American Century: Read More [+]

POL SCI 171California Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
An inquiry into the political environment of the state--historical, economic, geographic, and social; its political institutions--government, parties, interest groups, and citizens; and the policies resulting from the interaction of environment and institutions.California Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 173SPolitical Economy of the California Crisis4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2006, Fall 2004, Spring 2004
This course examines the emergence and crisis of California's political economy. An analytical framework is developed that encompasses the secular growth and cyclical variability of California's income, expenditure, and revenue levels. California's economic growth and political development since 1875 will be analyzed. Specific topics covered include the Edmund G. (Pat) Brown era; Proposition 13 and the Ronald Reagan governorship; California's demographic transformation; challenges of minority economic development and political representation; the 2003 gubernatorial recall and the 2002-04 fiscal crisis. Course is part of the University of California Center Sacramento Program and is located in Sacramento.Political Economy of the California Crisis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

POL SCI 181Public Organization and Administration4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
The methods used to manage the power of the bureaucracy in the American political system. An introduction to theories of organizational behavior. The effects of administrative structure upon the creation and distribution of public benefits.Public Organization and Administration: Read More [+]

POL SCI 182ACThe Politics of Educational Inequality4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.,Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.The Politics of Educational Inequality: Read More [+]

POL SCI 182ACThe Politics of Educational Inequality4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.,Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.The Politics of Educational Inequality: Read More [+]

POL SCI 182ACThe Politics of Educational Inequality4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.,Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.The Politics of Educational Inequality: Read More [+]

POL SCI 182ACThe Politics of Educational Inequality4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.,Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. It concludes by investigating the varied impact of different approaches to reform, with an eye toward identifying how best to reduce educational inequality in the United States.The Politics of Educational Inequality: Read More [+]

POL SCI 186Public Problems4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
This course explores the way societies try to address and solve difficult and seemingly intractable public problems. Can we attribute success or failure to institutions and their capacity to solve problems? Are problems difficult to solve because they are complex or because of a failure of political will? What are the characteristics of organizations or communities that are able to solve problems? How are public problems framed and how are they used to mobilize constituencies? The course draws on literature in public administration, public policy studies, and democratic theory to try to better understand some of the major social, political, environmental, and economic problems of our contemporary world.Public Problems: Read More [+]

POL SCI H190AHonors Seminar4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
H190A is the first of a two-semester research seminar designed to provide support and structure to political science seniors writing an honors thesis. To receive department honors, students must maintain the minimum GPA for honors and complete H190B with a B+ or better. For additional details, please consult the Undergraduate Advising Office or http://www.polisci.berkeley.edu.Honors Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Admission to the Political Science Honors Program. Must be a declared political science senior with a 3.5 GPA in the major and a 3.3 GPA overall. Eligible students must have taken Political Science 3 and at least two letter-graded upper division Political Science courses at Berkeley

POL SCI H190BHonors Seminar4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
H190B is the second of a two-semester research seminar designed to provide support and structure to political science seniors writing an honors thesis. To receive department honors, students must maintain the minimum GPA for honors and complete H190B with a B+ or better. For additional details, please consult the Undergraduate Advising Office or http://www.polisci.berkeley.edu.Honors Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Political Science H190A. Must be a declared political science senior with a 3.5 GPA in the major and a 3.3 GPA overall. Eligible students must have taken Political Science 3 and at least two letter-graded upper division Political Science courses at Berkeley

POL SCI 191Junior Seminar4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
The seminars will be led by ladder-rank faculty members in the subfields of American Politics, International Relations, and Comparative Politics. These intense writing seminars will focus on the research area of the faculty member teaching the course. The seminars will provide an opportunity for students to have direct intellectual interactions with faculty members while also giving the students an understanding of faculty research.Junior Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students are allowed to take one seminar per semester.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

POL SCI 196SUC Sacramento Internship and Research Seminar9 - 13 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005
This seminar will introduce students to the theory and practice of policy analysis and development as it relates to legislative action at the state level to maximize students' internship experience. The internship component of the course will provide students with a challenging opportunity to engage in experiential learning in some aspect of the political, policy-making, or governmental processes in California's state capital. This course will permit students to develop a systematic understanding of the public policy and political process in California and to develop analytical writing skills to produce a 25-30 page research paper developing and reflecting on this understanding. This course is part of the University of California Center Sacramento Program and is located in Sacramento.UC Sacramento Internship and Research Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Unit credit will be based on the number of hours of the internship.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

POL SCI 196WUnderstanding the Congressional World: A Field Research Seminar10.5 Units

Terms offered: Fall 1997, Spring 1997, Fall 1996
This research seminar will explore the workings of Congress and its role in making public policy. It combines elective coursework with the original scholarship requirements of a UCDC research seminar and is designed for students in Congressional internships and those considering Congressional staff positions after graduation. In addition to studying the pathways of lawmaking, we will ask how Congress and its Members relate to the other branches of government, the press, and the public.Understanding the Congressional World: A Field Research Seminar: Read More [+]

POL SCI C196BUCDC Internship6.5 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012
This course provides a credited internship for all students enrolled in the UCDC and Cal in the Capital Programs. It must be taken in conjunction with the required academic core course C196A. C196B requires that students work 3-4 days per week as interns in settings selected to provide them with exposure to and experienc in government, public policy, international affairs, media, the arts or other areas or relevance to their major fields of study.UCDC Internship: Read More [+]

POL SCI C196WSpecial Field Research10.5 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Students work in selected internship programs approved in advance by the faculty coordinator and for which written contracts have been established between the sponsoring organization and the student. Students will be expected to produce two progress reports for their faculty coordinator during the course of the internship, as well as a final paper for the course consisting of at least 35 pages. Other restrictions apply; see faculty adviser.Special Field Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 12 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 units.

POL SCI 198Directed Group Study for Undergraduates1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Submission of study proposal by faculty sponsor to the department chairman one month in advance of the semester to be offered. Group studies of selected topics which vary from year to year.Directed Group Study for Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
This course provides an introduction to research design in comparative politics; it is the second semester of the two-semester introductory graduate sequence for the comparative
sub-field. We will focus on various topics relevant to doing research, such as how to formulate research questions; develop concepts and measures; bolster the validity of descriptive and causal inferences; and use various qualitative and quantitative methods in the service of diverse substantive agenda. Developing the ability to critique research is one important objective. However, the primary goal of the course is to provide a first foundation for actually doing research.Major Themes in Comparative Analysis: Research Design: Read More [+]

POL SCI 201AComparative Analysis of Industrial Democracies4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011
The comparative study of politics in Western societies. The place of parties, political structures, interest groups, and economic institutions. The relation between domestic political developments and the international system. The effect of economic development on political change. The effect of labor politics on national politics.Comparative Analysis of Industrial Democracies: Read More [+]

POL SCI 201BComparative Analysis of Industrial Democracies4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2007, Fall 2006
The comparative study of politics in Western societies. The place of parties, political structures, interest groups, and economic institutions. The relation between domestic political developments and the international system. The effect of economic development on political change. The effect of labor politics on national politics.Comparative Analysis of Industrial Democracies: Read More [+]

POL SCI 201DGovernance of the E-conomy4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2002
New digital technologies, changing market structures, and innovative business organizations are transforming the economic and social landscape of the advanced industrial countries. The policy issues associated with this transformation pose fundamental philosophical and political questions of how to organize our markets, polity, and society. The means of making and implementing these choices is politics. The necessarily global scope of the E-conomy extends the political and policy challenges to the international arena. This course will explore the literature on the political economy of the Internet to determine what policy choices -- hence which political debates -- are and will be most important. We also will examine our conceptual understanding of the burgeoning digital economy and its impact on politics, law, and socio-economic relations.Governance of the E-conomy: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Fall 2011
Metropolitan areas in the developing world face enormous challenges. This course will consider the political and institutional environment in which efforts to address metropolitan problems are developed, the financial and institutional vehicles used to provide services of different types, and the role of political parties and other political organizations in the development and allocation of services. Readings will be drawn from Political Science, Sociology, Geography, and Economics.Urban and Subnational Politics in Developing Countries: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2013
This course will consider the political and institutional environment in which efforts to address metropolitan problems are developed, the financial and institutional vehicles used to provide services of different types, and the role of political parties and other forms of political organization in the development and allocation of services. Emphasis will be placed upon fertile areas for research within the social sciences.,Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will consider the political and institutional environment in which efforts to address metropolitan problems are developed, the financial and institutional vehicles used to provide services of different types, and the role of political parties and other forms of political organization in the development and allocation of services. Emphasis will be placed upon fertile areas for research within the social sciences.Urban and Subnational Politics in Developing Countries: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2013
This course will consider the political and institutional environment in which efforts to address metropolitan problems are developed, the financial and institutional vehicles used to provide services of different types, and the role of political parties and other forms of political organization in the development and allocation of services. Emphasis will be placed upon fertile areas for research within the social sciences.,Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will consider the political and institutional environment in which efforts to address metropolitan problems are developed, the financial and institutional vehicles used to provide services of different types, and the role of political parties and other forms of political organization in the development and allocation of services. Emphasis will be placed upon fertile areas for research within the social sciences.Urban and Subnational Politics in Developing Countries: Read More [+]

POL SCI 206Comparative Party Systems4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2001
Why are there political parties? The origins of parties in issue cleavages, legislatures, social movements, and personal followings. Types of parties. The political machine, the ideological party, third parties, flash parties. Federalism and political parties. Intra-party competition and selection of leaders. What do parties try to maximize: votes? ideological purity? personal security of party professionals? How parties change: reform movements, issue crises, external social movements.Comparative Party Systems: Read More [+]

POL SCI 207Political Violence4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
This graduate seminar is designed to introduce students to the comparative study of political violence. The course examines two broad themes through a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches. The first theme focuses on why individuals choose to rebel: When does violence become a strategy for resolving conflict? Why do individuals participate in violence? How is violence organized? The second theme focuses on how states choose to repress citizens: When are human rights violations committed? When does a state use violence over other strategies? What are the effects of state violence?Political Violence: Read More [+]

POL SCI 209AComparative Political Economy4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015
This seminar provides an introduction to the major debates in comparative political economy. Although the empirical focus is on the affluent democracies, many of the debates and issues analyzed have implications for other regions. The course is divided into two main parts. The first part examines leading theoretical perspectives on political economy, such as Friedman, Marx, Weber, and Polanyi. The second part of the course is more topical. It probes a number of examples of economic development, crisis, and change, with an eye to assessing alternative theoretical perspectives.Comparative Political Economy: Read More [+]

POL SCI 209BPost Fordism: New Patterns of Production, Time, and Meaning in Contemporary Capitalism4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2009
With changes in technology, the internationalization of production and the massive increase in trans-border transactions of all kinds, it has been argued that we live and work in an era of substantively different capitalism. Were this true, it has deep implications for politics and for political economy. This graduate seminar explores the validity of this claim of a "new capitalism" through a variety of materials, starting with the question of whether "Fordism" ever existed, moving on to the question of whether "Post-Fordism" exists and ending with a variety of ethnographic studies that show how global production chains shape culture, gender, and hieraarchy/power.Post Fordism: New Patterns of Production, Time, and Meaning in Contemporary Capitalism: Read More [+]

POL SCI 220ATheories of International Relations4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
Origin, application and utility of major concepts featured in the study of international relations. Relation of various strands of political and social theory to international relations.Theories of International Relations: Read More [+]

POL SCI 221International Security4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 1996, Fall 1995
The goal of this course is to introduce advanced political science graduate students to current debates in the field of international security and to prepare these students for conducting dissertation research in their own areas of interest within this field. This course is designed for advanced political science graduate students preparing to commence their dissertation research. Its orientation is theoretical rather than empirical and it is both reading and research.International Security: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: If course was taken prior to Fall 2016, students will receive no credit for Political Science 221 after taking Political Science 222.

POL SCI 222Religion and International Relations4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2001, Spring 1999
How has religion shaped the structure of the international system? How should IR scholars approach the role that religion plays in contemporary affairs? How does religion constrain or motivate international conflict? This seminar seeks to guide students through readings in the social sciences, from psychology and sociology to anthropology and political science, that explore the intersection of religion and international relations. We will examine a variety of theoretical approaches to the topic of religion and global politics, explore religious origins of the modern state system, and analyze the influence of religion on historical and comtemporary conflicts, with a particular focus on ethnic conflict, terrorism, and peacemaking.Religion and International Relations: Read More [+]

POL SCI 224Sociological Traditions in International Relations4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007
This seminar traces the development of the constructivist program in international relations in order to better understand its elements, assumptions, and methods and apply those to current issues. We start by uncovering the roots of constructivism in sociology and philosophy and examine structuation theory, the English School, world systems theory, regime theory, and sociological institutionalism. The second part of this course focuses on the constructivist agenda in international relations, its boundaries and its critics. In the last part of the course we examine current research in IR that draws on sociological methods, including work on the role of norms, epistemic communities, transnational civil society, and the origins of the state.Sociological Traditions in International Relations: Read More [+]

POL SCI 225Constructivism4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2010
This seminar traces the development of the constructivist program in international relations in order to better understand its elements, assumptions, and methods and apply those to current issues. We start by uncovering the roots of constructivism in sociology and philosophy and examine structuation theory, the English School, world systems theory, regime theory, and sociological institutionalism. The second part of this course focuses on the constructivist agenda in international relations, its boundaries and its critics. In the last part of the course we examine current research in international relations that draws on sociological methods, including work on the role of norms, epistemic communities, transnational civil society, and the origins of the state.Constructivism: Read More [+]

POL SCI 225AThe Empirical Analysis of International Security4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Fall 2007, Spring 2006
This course offers an introduction to the empirical analysis of International Security. The primary goals are 1) to acquaint students with the empirical knowledge in the field of International Security that has been produced with quantitative approaches and 2) to help students develop and hone their skills in empirical analysis. Therefore, particular emphasis will be given on how to go beyond being "consumers" of empirical research and how to become "producers" of novel empirical knowledge.The Empirical Analysis of International Security: Read More [+]

POL SCI 227International Cooperation4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This seminar will cover the topic of international cooperation. We will begin by reviewing the positions of central IR paradigms on the possibility of international cooperation and the role of international institutions. We will talk about why states want to cooperate, which obstacles need to be overcome, and how international institutions can facilitate interstate cooperation. We examine questions concerning the design of international institutions, the extent of compliance they evoke, and their effect in various areas of international cooperation. We also discuss how domestic politics affect a state’s willingness to cooperate and comply with international institutions.International Cooperation: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

POL SCI 228Civil Conflict and International Intervention4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 1998, Spring 1996
Civil conflict, committed primarily by non-state actors, often results in international intervention
in some form. This course, then, focuses on two themes: first, why does civil conflict occur?
What motivates individuals and groups to resort to violence? What tactics do they use? How do
they expect to succeed? Second, why do international actors intervene in civil conflict? What are
their aims in intervening? Are they successful in those goals or in others?

Course Objectives: Broaden your theoretical framework in international relations more generallyEngage with the existing work in the field and begin high-level research on civil conflict and international interventionThink about the ways in which international actors interveneUnderstand the causes, strategies, and outcomes of civil conflict

POL SCI 230Essential Methodological Tools4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
This course presents essential methodological concepts, ideas, and tools students need to know before beginning their study of the formal and quantitative methods tools used in political science research. Topics covered include functions, limits, continuity, calculus, optimization, probability and statistics, and linear algebra. Entire courses are often devoted to each of these topics (e.g., Math 1A-1B, 53, 54; Stat 101, 134, 135), and this course clearly cannot provide an equally comprehensive treatment. Rather, the class selectively focuses on specific mathematical concepts that are most commonly used in applied formal and quantitative work in political science. The goal of the class is to ensure that students have a sufficiently firm understanding of these critical ideas and facility with them that subsequent methods course can build on the foundation.Essential Methodological Tools: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Open only to graduate students. Consent of instructor and graduate adviser

POL SCI 232HPublic Policy and Business4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2009
The course will study public policy in its connection with business. Policy is seen as an endogenous outcome of a game where diverse political forces try to shape public decisions to their advantage. The focus is broad, covering both theory and evidence. The aim is to analyze how a wide range of political institutions and processes affect public policy and economic performance. The ultimate goal of the course is to acquaint students with the topics at hand, and to consolidate their control of formal theory and quantitative techniques by discussing their application to the subject.Public Policy and Business: Read More [+]

POL SCI 234AQualitative and Multi-Method Research4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
This course introduces diverse methodological tools, following the premise that all methods are strengthened if linked to qualitative analysis. Explores alternative approaches to concept formation, measurement, and causal inference, based on large- and small-N analysis and case studies. Analytic tensions that motivate the course derive from, among other sources, the pressure on case-study and small-N researchers to strive for analytic rigor and generality; and the skepticism of some statisticians about quantitative inference - both descriptive and casual - in social science.Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: Read More [+]

POL SCI 236AThe Statistics of Causal Inference in the Social Sciences4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Approaches to causal inference using the potential outcomes framework. Covers observational studies with and without ignorable treatment assignment, randomized experiments with and without noncompliance, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, sensitivity analysis, and random inference. Applications are drawn from a variety of fields including political science, economics, sociology, public health, and medicine.The Statistics of Causal Inference in the Social Sciences: Read More [+]

POL SCI 236BQuantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences Seminar4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
A seminar on successful research designs and a forum for students to discuss the research methods needed in their own work, supplemented by lectures on relevant statistical and computational topics such as matching methods, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, and Bayesian, maximum likelihood and robust estimation. Applications are drawn from political science, economics, sociology, and public health. Experience with R is assumed.Quantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences Seminar: Read More [+]

POL SCI C236AThe Statistics of Causal Inference in the Social Science4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2013
Approaches to causal inference using the potential outcomes framework. Covers observational studies with and without ignorable treatment assignment, randomized experiments with and without noncompliance, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, sensitivity analysis and randomization inference. Applications are drawn from a variety of fields including political science, economics, sociology, public health and medicine.The Statistics of Causal Inference in the Social Science: Read More [+]

POL SCI C236BQuantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences Seminar4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017
A seminar on successful research designs and a forum for students to discuss the research methods needed in their own work, supplemented by lectures on relevant statistical and computational topics such as matching methods, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, and Bayesian, maximum likelihood and robust estimation. Applications are drawn from political science, economics, sociology, and public health. Experience with R is assumed.Quantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences Seminar: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This course will provide graduate students the critical technical skills necessary to conduct research in computational social science and digital humanities, introducing them to the basic computer literacy, programming skills, and application knowledge that students need to be successful in further methods work. This course is not an introduction to statistics, computer science, or specialized social science / digital humanities methods. Rather, it is meant as a springboard for students to further their training once the course is finished, whether through campus workshops (e.g. D-Lab workshops), online courses, traditional classrooms, or independent learning.An Introduction to Computational Tools and Techniques for Social Science Research: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2009, Fall 2007
This course will compare how authority and exchange relations are combined to regulate political and economic activities in China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. The course will examine theoretical literature on state-society relations, market, world system, late development, as well as empirical case studies dealing with each nation covered.Political Authority and Economic Exchange in East Asia: Read More [+]

POL SCI 244AAnalysis of Contemporary China4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011
This is the first in a two-semester sequence designed to provide the incoming graduate student with a basic grounding in the politics of contemporary China. The focus will be on wide reading and comprehension of the available analytical literature; its sequel will be devoted to integrating that reading with primary source research materials. There are no prerequisites, though undergraduate course work in Chinese politics and/or some acquaintance with the Chinese language would be useful.Analysis of Contemporary China: Read More [+]

POL SCI 244CApproaches to Chinese Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2011
This course has three main objectives: to expose students to debates in the study of post-1949 Chinese politics; to consider how research on contemporary China both draws from and informs political science; and to explore characterizations of the Chinese state and state-society relations. Emphasis on questions such as: What can we learn by examining Chinese culture and institutions? Do concepts such as fragmented authoritarianism, neotraditionalism, state "reach," civil society, and corporatism produce insights into the structure and dynamics of Chinese politics?Approaches to Chinese Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 244DCollective Action in China4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2012, Fall 2009
This course will explore contentious politics in the People's Republic of China. Special attention to the current era and dissent by peasants, migrants, workers, religious groups, women, students, artists, and dissidents. How do concepts drawn from social movement theory help us understand popular activism? What are the consequences of protest for regime stability and the development of a more complete citizenship?Collective Action in China: Read More [+]

POL SCI 245BInternational Relations in East Asia4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
This seminar will focus on postwar relations among the countries in East Asia. Asia was long divided by colonialism, the Cold War, and America's "hub and spoke" alliance system. Nationalist sentiments and suspicions remain strong; one scholar characterized the region as "the cockpit of great power rivalries." Northeast Asia has seen no shooting wars between states since the Korean armistice in 1953; Southeast Asia has been at peace since the pullback of Vietnam from Cambodia in 1979.International Relations in East Asia: Read More [+]

POL SCI 246BEthnic Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2010
This graduate seminar is designed to introduce students to the comparative study of ethnic politics. It provides an overview of theoretical questions and methodological innovations across five topics: the conceptualization and measurement of ethnicity; the sources of ethnic mobilization and cleavage choice; the consequences of ethnic mobilization for democratization and democracy; the impact of ethnicity on redistributive politics; and the relationship between ethnicity and patterns of violence ranging from urban riots to civil wars. Readings for each topic are drawn from various political science subfields as well as from other disciplines. They also reflect a range of regional contexts, including Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the course is to provide graduate students with a basis for undertaking their own original research on questions relating to ethnic politics. It should enable them to critically engage recent scholarship, understanding which theories have yet to be adequately tested and which theoretically interesting questions have yet to be asked.Ethnic Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 247GThe Comparative Politics of the Welfare State4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2010
This course analyzes the politics of social protection in Western Europe and the United States. After describing different national welfare regimes, we turn to contemporary challenges, notably globalization, persistent poverty, and changes in family forms and gender roles. We also look at the politics of welfare retrenchment and adjustment, paying particular attention to the prospects for progressive social policy. Must reform inevitably scale back protections for the weak and vulnerable, or can equity be safeguarded while promoting efficiency?The Comparative Politics of the Welfare State: Read More [+]

POL SCI 248ALatin American Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2011
Explores different analytical approaches to Latin American politics, focusing both on major concepts (clientelism, corporatism, the state, legitimacy, nationalism) and different explanatory approaches (focusing on factors such as dependency and imperialism, internal social order and economic change, political structure and institutions and political culture).Latin American Politics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Either part of the 248A-248B sequence may be taken separately for credit.

POL SCI 250Courts and the State4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2013
The course is a political science graduate seminar that will focus on courts' relationship to other political institutions, particularly but not exclusively in the American separation of powers context, with an emphasis on readings from institutionalist (both historical and rational choice) perspectives.Courts and the State: Read More [+]

POL SCI 261Political Behavior4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
A comprehensive review of the major topics in political behavior through intensive examination of the theories, findings, and proceedings of the most significant studies in the field.Political Behavior: Read More [+]

POL SCI 262Voting Behavior and Public Opinion4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2013
Examination of the basic literature on American voting behavior, public opinion and student research on individually selected topics in this field.Voting Behavior and Public Opinion: Read More [+]

POL SCI 263Mass Politics in Advanced Industrial Democracies4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2010
Theories and evidence concerning political conflict in advanced industrial societies. The empirical focus is on mass politics: the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of ordinary citizens rather than of activists or elites. The principal theoretical focus is on how changes in social structure, culture, and political institutions influence patterns of political cleavages. The analysis is largely comparative, with attention to the issue of American exceptionalism versus cultural and policy convergence.Mass Politics in Advanced Industrial Democracies: Read More [+]

POL SCI 271American Government and Political Field Seminar4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This seminar is designed to acquaint students with current research approaches in various subfields of American Politics. Particular attention will be given to debates over theory, methodology, and substance. The seminar is not designed to provide a complete survey of the field. Students planning to be examined in American Politics are expected to master recommended readings on their own and should review additional readings included in versions of this seminar offered in the past years.American Government and Political Field Seminar: Read More [+]

POL SCI 273Urban Politics4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2002, Spring 1998
Politics and policy-making in American cities. Historical, economic and social context of cities. Major urban political institutions, other levels of government in urban affairs.Urban Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 274American Political Development4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2009
This course will consider several broad themes in American political development. The objective is to extract the central conditions, processes, and controversies that scholars have found running through American political development and try to come to terms with possible relations among them.American Political Development: Read More [+]

POL SCI 280APublic Organization Theory4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011
A survey of the literature of organization and management theory, emphasizing the major writers and distinctive contributions of various disciplines.Public Organization Theory: Read More [+]

POL SCI 284Strategies of Contemporary Governance4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2010
This course explores the implications of new strategies for coping with social problems and managing public programs. In response to growing criticism of government bureaucracy, public skepticism of expert authority, and an explosion of advocacy groups, a variety of new governance strategies have been developed. These new strategies are characterized by five broad themes: the use of markets or market mechanisms to increase efficiency; an emphasis on holding public agencies accountable and making them more transparent; the development of coordinating networks to link public agencies with each other and with stakeholders; the extensive involvement of non-state organizations in all aspects of governing; and renewed attention to the civic role of individuals and communities. The course investigates the extent to which these new strategies succeed in making the governance process more efficient, accountable, effective, representative, and civic.Strategies of Contemporary Governance: Read More [+]

POL SCI 290Dissertation Research4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Seminar to aid students in initiating, carrying out, and completing dissertation research. Problems of planning dissertation research, the preparation of research designs and proposals for outside funding, field work, and writing and presenting the results of completed research. Presentations by graduate students working on their dissertations.Dissertation Research: Read More [+]

POL SCI 290AResearch and Writing4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
The goal of this yearlong course is to provide a forum in which students propose, develop, and complete a research project that produces a journal-length paper of publishable quality. It is primarily oriented towards second-year Ph.D. students in any subfield (students in other years may participate with the professors’ consent). The course meets regularly during parts of the fall semester and irregularly during the spring semester. In the first few weeks of the course, we discuss the process of moving from research topic to research question; and we survey published articles by recent Ph.D. students/assistant professors, focusing on the structure and nature of the writing and presentation as well the quality of the argument and evidence.Research and Writing: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Course is primarily oriented towards second-year Political Science Ph.D. students in any subfield (students in other years may participate with the professors’ consent)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Political Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series.

POL SCI 290BResearch and Writing4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
The goal of this yearlong course is to provide a forum in which students propose, develop, and complete a research project that produces a journal-length paper of publishable quality. It is primarily oriented towards second-year Ph.D. students in any subfield (students in other years may participate with the professors’ consent). During the spring semester, students meet individually with the course instructors and their advisors, develop and revise drafts of their papers, and present their work at a department “APSA-style” conference.Research and Writing: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Students must take POL SCI 290A. In order to complete the course and receive credit, students must complete the requirements for both semesters

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Political Science/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series.

POL SCI 290SAAfrica Research Seminar2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
This seminar is intended for graduate students who are conducting original research in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Primarily intended for graduate students in the social
sciences and related humanistic fields, the seminar will provide students with a framework for engaging recent scholarship, developing their own theoretically informed questions, and
proposing rigorous research designs. Students will also discuss the structure and quality of scholarly writing. Students will ultimately produce a research paper that serves as the basis for a prospectus, dissertation chapter, or publishable article.Africa Research Seminar: Read More [+]

POL SCI 291Research Workshop in American Politics1 or 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in progress by graduate students. To receive two units of credit, a student must make at least one presentation of work in progress and serve as a discussant for another student's presentation. To receive one unit of credit a student must regularly attend class and participate in discussion, but will not be required to make a presentation. Appropriate works in progress include (but are not limited to) a paper in preparation for submission to a journal, a dissertation prospectus (including early drafts), a dissertation chapter, or a job market paper. Anyone working on American politics, political behavior, public law, or public administration is welcome.Research Workshop in American Politics: Read More [+]

POL SCI 291ASResearch Workshop in Area Studies2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in progress by graduate students (second year and above). To receive credit for the course, the student will make at least one presentation of work in progress per semester and to serve as a discussant for another student's work. Appropriate works-in progress include (but not limited to) a paper in preparation for submission to a journal a dissertation prospectus (including early drafts), dissertation chapter, or a job market paper. Anyone working on Area Studies is welcome.Research Workshop in Area Studies: Read More [+]

POL SCI 291FResearch Workshop in Quatitative Modeling1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in quantitative modeling. Anyone working on quantitative modeling or empirical testing of quantitative models is welcome to attend. To receive credit for the course, a student must attend regularly, participate actively, and make at least two presentations per semester. Presentations can be of the student's own work-in-progress or of work by other scholars (including both influential/classic works or interesting current working papers).

POL SCI 291IRResearch Workshop in International Relations2.0 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in progress by graduate students (second year and above). To receive credit for the course, the students will make at least one presentation of work-in-progress per semester and to serve as a discussant for another student's work. Appropriate works-in-progress include (but not limited to) a paper in preparation for submission to a journal a dissertation prospectus (including early drafts), dissertation chapter, or a job market paper. Anyone working on International Relations is welcome.Research Workshop in International Relations: Read More [+]

POL SCI 291TResearch Workshop in Theory2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
A forum for the presentation and discussion of research in progress by graduate students (second year and above). To receive credit for the course, the student will make at least one presentation of work in progress per semester and to serve as a discussant for another student's work. Appropriate works-in-progress include (but are not limited to) a paper in preparation for submission to a journal, a dissertation prospectus (including early drafts), a dissertation chapter, or a job market paper. Anyone working on theory is welcome.Research Workshop in Theory: Read More [+]

POL SCI 292Directed Advanced Study2 - 12 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Open to qualified graduate students wishing to pursue special study and research under direction of a member of the staff.Directed Advanced Study: Read More [+]

POL SCI 375Graduate Student Instructor Training Seminar2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This course is intended for all new graduate student instructors (GSI) in the Department of Political Science, and is meant to be taken simultaneously with the first semester of teaching as a GSI. The course functions as a participatory workshop. Although the course is intended for first-time GSIs, it is not a course in "how to be a GSI," but rather, how to be an effective political science teacher, now and at later steps in professional careers. Workshop time will be divided among presentations by the instructor, discussion of required readings, and discussion of weekly assignments in relation to challenges encountered by GSIs in the course of their teaching.Graduate Student Instructor Training Seminar: Read More [+]

POL SCI 404Research Skills1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Individual research work under supervision of faculty members. Open to students engaged in supervised research projects in Political Science.Research Skills: Read More [+]

POL SCI 602Individual Study for Doctoral Students4 - 12 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. May not be used for unit or residence requirements for the doctoral degree.Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Read More [+]

Jonah Levy, Professor. Political science, social policy, comparative political economy, West European politics, relationship between partisanship and welfare reform in contemporary Western Europe.Research Profile

Gerard Roland, Professor. Institutions and development, culture and economics, political institutions and economic outcomes, European Parliament and European institutions, reforms in China/North Korea/Eastern Europe.Research Profile

Laura Stoker, Associate Professor. American politics, political behavior, political psychology, public opinion, voting and elections, political socialization, research design and empirical methods.Research Profile

Shannon C. Stimson, Professor Emeritus. Politics in Shakespeare, history of early modern political thought, history of political and economic thought, constitutionalism and modern jurisprudence.Research Profile

Margaret M. Weir, Professor Emeritus. Political science, political sociology, sociology, American political development, urban politics and policy, comparative studies of the welfare state, metropolitan inequalities, city-suburban politics in the United States.Research Profile

John Zysman, Professor Emeritus. Political science, comparative politics, finance, political economy, manufacturing, European and Japanese policy, corporate strategy, Western European politics, post-industrial economy, governments, the politics of industrial change.Research Profile

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